This thesis work aims to analyze the economic, logistical and regulatory dynamics connected to the supply of wood for the Vetreria reale of Chiusa Pesio, contemplating a chronological period between the transfer of the factory - which took place in 1759 - from Turin to Chiusa di Pesio and the end of the Eighteenth century. Given the economic relevance of the manufacturing relocation project, the analysis of the methods of management, conservation and exploitation of the natural resources necessary for the glass production of Chiusa Pesio was carried out taking into account the peculiar economic and financial context of Savoy mercantilism, characterized by government intervention in the administration of state plants at the basis of the competitiveness of the Piedmontese manufacturing sector, marked - starting from the second half of the Eighteenth century - by the difficulty in obtaining fuel in the quantities necessary for the glass factories: the research focuses, therefore, during the first two chapters, on the causes that generated the problems relating to the supply of wood for the Vetreria Reale of Turin, identifying the depletion of the forests of the territories neighboring the Savoy capital as the main factor behind the movement of the factory to Chiusa Pesio, an area rich in woods from which to obtain the fuel to power the glass furnaces. Furthermore, in order to reveal with which instruments the Savoy monarchy exercised its control over the woods of Chiusa Pesio reserved for the Royal Vetreria, the third and fourth chapters investigated the complex economic, administrative and regulatory relationship born with the relocation of the factory and characterized by the intense communication between the Crown, the monastery supplying the wood and the local community; in particular, through the analysis of archival sources, the methods of supplying the fuel obtained from the woods of the new chosen location were illustrated, making reference to the relationship between the local forest governance practices and the state economic prerogatives, often exercised by virtue of the Savoy forestry legislation promulgated in the first decades of the Eighteenth century. In this regard, some case studies have been reported which are useful for describing the logistical changes and conflictual events detected in Chiusa Pesio in relation to the management of forestry and water resources used for the Vetreria reale. Therefore, the transfer of the Vetreria Reale from Turin to Chiusa Pesio was configured as the privileged observatory to illustrate the administrative practice of the Savoy monarchy in relation to the management of the Piedmontese forests used by the manufacturing sector, offering from a local perspective the key to understanding how the Kingdom of Sardinia in the second half of the Eighteenth century coordinated the natural resources at its disposal.
Il presente lavoro di tesi si propone di analizzare le dinamiche economiche, logistiche e normative connesse all’approvvigionamento del legname per la Vetreria reale di Chiusa Pesio, contemplando un arco cronologico compreso tra il trasferimento dell’opificio – avvenuto nel 1759 – da Torino a Chiusa di Pesio e la fine del XVIII secolo. Data la rilevanza economica del progetto di ricollocazione della manifattura, l’analisi delle modalità di gestione, conservazione e sfruttamento delle risorse naturali necessarie alla produzione vetraria di Chiusa Pesio è stata svolta tenendo conto del peculiare contesto economico e finanziario del mercantilismo sabaudo, contraddistinto dall’intervento governativo nell’amministrazione degli impianti statali alla base della competitività del settore manifatturiero piemontese, segnato – a partire dal secondo Settecento – dalla difficoltà nel reperire il combustibile nei quantitativi necessari alle vetrerie: la ricerca si focalizza, dunque, nel corso dei primi due capitoli, sulle cause che generarono le problematiche relative al rifornimento del legname per la Vetreria reale di Torino, individuando nel depauperamento boschivo dei territori limitrofi alla capitale sabauda il principale fattore alla base dello spostamento dell’opificio a Chiusa Pesio, un territorio ricco di boschi dai quali ricavare il combustibile per l’alimentazione delle fornaci vetrarie. Inoltre, al fine di rilevare con quali strumenti la monarchia sabauda esercitò il proprio controllo sui boschi di Chiusa Pesio riservati alla Vetreria reale è stato indagato – tramite il terzo e il quarto capitolo – il complesso rapporto di natura economica, amministrativa e normativa nato con la ricollocazione dell’opificio e caratterizzato dall’intensa comunicazione tra la Corona, il monastero fornitore del legname e la comunità locale; in particolare, attraverso l’analisi di fonti archivistiche, sono state illustrate le modalità di approvvigionamento del combustibile ricavato dai boschi della nuova località prescelta, facendo riferimento alla relazione tra le pratiche locali di governo del bosco e le prerogative economiche statali, spesso esercitate in virtù della legislazione boschiva sabauda promulgata nei primi decenni del Settecento. A tal proposito, sono stati riportati alcuni casi studio utili a descrivere i mutamenti logistici e le vicende conflittuali rilevati a Chiusa Pesio in relazione alla gestione delle risorse forestali e idriche impiegate per la Vetreria Reale. Pertanto, il trasferimento della Vetreria reale da Torino a Chiusa Pesio si è configurato come l’osservatorio privilegiato per illustrare la prassi amministrativa della monarchia sabauda in relazione alla gestione dei boschi piemontesi impiegati dal settore manifatturiero, offrendo in prospettiva locale la chiave di lettura utile a comprendere come il Regno di Sardegna del secondo Settecento abbia coordinato le risorse naturali a propria disposizione.
Boschi e produzione manifatturiera nel Piemonte del secondo Settecento: la «Regia Fabbrica de’ Vetri e Cristalli» di Chiusa Pesio tra prerogative statali e pratiche locali
MARRO, LINDA
2024/2025
Abstract
This thesis work aims to analyze the economic, logistical and regulatory dynamics connected to the supply of wood for the Vetreria reale of Chiusa Pesio, contemplating a chronological period between the transfer of the factory - which took place in 1759 - from Turin to Chiusa di Pesio and the end of the Eighteenth century. Given the economic relevance of the manufacturing relocation project, the analysis of the methods of management, conservation and exploitation of the natural resources necessary for the glass production of Chiusa Pesio was carried out taking into account the peculiar economic and financial context of Savoy mercantilism, characterized by government intervention in the administration of state plants at the basis of the competitiveness of the Piedmontese manufacturing sector, marked - starting from the second half of the Eighteenth century - by the difficulty in obtaining fuel in the quantities necessary for the glass factories: the research focuses, therefore, during the first two chapters, on the causes that generated the problems relating to the supply of wood for the Vetreria Reale of Turin, identifying the depletion of the forests of the territories neighboring the Savoy capital as the main factor behind the movement of the factory to Chiusa Pesio, an area rich in woods from which to obtain the fuel to power the glass furnaces. Furthermore, in order to reveal with which instruments the Savoy monarchy exercised its control over the woods of Chiusa Pesio reserved for the Royal Vetreria, the third and fourth chapters investigated the complex economic, administrative and regulatory relationship born with the relocation of the factory and characterized by the intense communication between the Crown, the monastery supplying the wood and the local community; in particular, through the analysis of archival sources, the methods of supplying the fuel obtained from the woods of the new chosen location were illustrated, making reference to the relationship between the local forest governance practices and the state economic prerogatives, often exercised by virtue of the Savoy forestry legislation promulgated in the first decades of the Eighteenth century. In this regard, some case studies have been reported which are useful for describing the logistical changes and conflictual events detected in Chiusa Pesio in relation to the management of forestry and water resources used for the Vetreria reale. Therefore, the transfer of the Vetreria Reale from Turin to Chiusa Pesio was configured as the privileged observatory to illustrate the administrative practice of the Savoy monarchy in relation to the management of the Piedmontese forests used by the manufacturing sector, offering from a local perspective the key to understanding how the Kingdom of Sardinia in the second half of the Eighteenth century coordinated the natural resources at its disposal.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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